Frederic Boase
Modern English Biography (volume 1 of 4) A-H
GRIFFIN, John Joseph. b. London 1802; bookseller, publisher and dealer in chemical apparatus at Glasgow to 1852, partly edited Encyclopædia Metropolitana; chemical apparatus dealer as J. J. Griffin & Sons, 22 Garrick st. Covent Garden, London 1852 to death; a founder of Chemical soc. 1840; devised new forms of chemical apparatus; author of Chemical recreations 1834, 10 ed. 1860; Treatise on the blowpipe 18—; The chemical testing of wines and spirits 1866, 2 ed. 1872 and other books. d. 31 Park road, Haverstock hill, London 9 June 1877. Journ. Chemical soc. xxxiii, 229 (1878).
GRIFFITH, Edward (son of William Griffith of Stanwell, Middlesex). b. 1790; educ. St. Paul’s sch. 1800–1806; clerk of common pleas office; master of court of common pleas 1837 to death; F.R.S.; F.L.S.; F.S.A.; author of General descriptions of the vertebrated animals, monkeys and lemurs 1821; The Animal kingdom 15 vols. 1832 with other writers, and other books. d. 32 Fitzroy sq. London 8 Jany. 1858.
GRIFFITH, George (son of John Wynne Griffith, M.P. of Garn near Rhyl, co. Denbigh, d. 1834). b. 1790; barrister M.T. 26 Nov. 1830; recorder of Denbigh 1834 to death. d. Garn, Denbigh 23 April 1877 in 88 year.
GRIFFITH, George. Clerk in a corn merchant’s office in Bewdley; author of The free schools of Worcestershire 1852; Life of George Wilson 1854; The endowed schools of England and Ireland 1864; Going to markets and grammar schools, records in the Midland counties 2 vols. 1870 and other books. d. Bewdley 1883. J. R. Burton’s Bewdley (1883) 61.
GRIFFITH, Henry Darby (youngest son of major general Darby Griffith of Pardworth house, Berks.) b. 22 May 1810; ensign 4 foot 25 Nov. 1828; captain 2 dragoons 1839, lieut. col. 27 Aug. 1852; at battles of Balaklava, Inkerman and Tchernaya and siege and fall of Sebastopol; A.D.C. to the Queen 1855–66; col. 5 lancers 1 Jany. 1872 to death; general 1 Oct. 1877; C.B. 5 July 1855. d. Bushy Ruff house near Dover 17 Nov. 1887.
GRIFFITH, Rev. John. b. 1789 or 1790; ed. at Trin. coll. Cam., scholar, Bell’s univ. scholar 1810, 8 wrangler 1812, B.A. 1812, M.A. 1815, B.D. 1822, D.D. 1831; fellow of Em. coll. 1814, tutor 1818–27; chaplain to Lord Amherst in China 1816, wrecked in the Alceste on Gaspar island 18 Nov. 1817; canon of Rochester 1827–72; V. of Aylesford, Kent 1830–32; V. of Boxley, Kent 1832–53; prosecuted Strahan, Paul and Bates bankers for having unlawfully disposed of deeds valued at £22,000, defendants sentenced to 14 years’ transportation 26 Oct. 1855. d. 3 Bay’s hill lawn, Cheltenham 29 May 1879.
GRIFFITH, Julius George. First lieut. Bombay artillery 27 May 1810, col. commandant 3 July 1845 to death; general 7 Sep. 1866. d. Boulogne 31 July 1872 in 81 year.
GRIFFITH, Sir Richard John, 1 Baronet (only son of Richard Griffith of Milicent, co. Kildare 1752–1820). b. Hume st. Dublin 20 Sep. 1784; lieut. R. Irish Artill. 1799; inspector general of royal mines in Ireland 1809; mining engineer and professor of geology to Royal Dublin Soc. 1812; sole comr. for general valuation of land in Ireland 1827–68; deputy chairman of board of public works Ireland 1846, chairman 1854–64; F.G.S., Wollaston medallist 1854 for his geological map of Ireland; M.I.C.E. 1839; created baronet 20 April 1858; author of Geological and mining report on the Leinster coal district 1814. d. 2 Fitzwilliam place, Dublin 22 Sep. 1878. Dublin Univ. Mag. lxxxiii, 432–37 (1874), portrait; Proc. of Royal Soc. of Edin. x, 17–20 (1880); Quarterly Journal of Geol. Soc. xxxv, 39–41 (1879).
GRIFFITH, Rev. Thomas. Ed. at St. John’s coll. Cam., B.A. 1822, M.A. 1832; min. of Ram’s Epis. chap. Homerton 1830–72; prebendary of Sneating in St. Paul’s cath. 1862–80; author of The leading idea of christianity investigated 1833; Our baptismal standing 1850; Studies of the divine master 1875 and 25 other books. d. 8 Clapton sq. Clapton 24 Aug. 1883.
GRIFFITH, Rev. William (son of Rev. William Griffith d. 1860). b. London 1806; Wesleyan M. minister 1828; connected with the issuing of the Fly sheets 1847; expelled by the Wesleyan Methodist conference in company with Rev. James Everett and Rev. Samuel Dunn 25 July 1849; minister of Methodist free churches 1857 to death. d. Derby 12 July 1883. I.L.N. xv, 187–8 (1849), portrait; Christian World 19 July 1883 p. 481.
GRIFFITH, William Darling (son of A. F. Griffith, head of Longman’s old book department). b. 18 Oct. 1805; learnt bookselling with Hamilton, Adams and Co.; publisher St. Paul’s churchyard to 1843; partner with E. C. Grant 1843 to 1856 as Grant and Griffith, booksellers; partner with Robert Farran, June 1856 to death. d. 6 York villa, Campden hill, London 20 Feb. 1877. Bookseller, March 1877 p. 218.
GRIFFITH, William Petit (son of John William Griffith, architect, d. 27 Nov. 1855 aged 65). b. 9 St. John’s sq. Clerkenwell, London 7 July 1815; F.S.A. 12 May 1842; F.R.I.B.A. 14 June 1847; some of his work was the reparation of St. John ch. Clerkenwell 1845, the restoration of St. John’s gate 1845–6, designing Cherrytree tavern, Clerkenwell 1852, the goldsmiths’ and jewellers’ annuity institution asylum 1853, designing the house of detention, Kingston-on-Thames; author of The geometrical proportion of architecture 1843; Ancient Gothic churches 3 parts 1847–52; Suggestions for a more perfect period of gothic architecture 1855. d. 3 Isledon road, Highbury, London 14 Sept. 1884.
GRIFFITHS, Rev. David. b. Glanmeilwch, Llangadoc, Carmarthenshire 20 Dec. 1792; schoolmaster Cwmaman 1811–12; in Madagascar as a missionary 1821–35 and 1838–42; established a church, day and night schools, a printing press and printed the New Testament 1831; condemned to death but sentence commuted to a fine 1839; pastor of congregational ch. Hay, Brecknockshire 1842; spent 5 years revising Madagascar scriptures 1852–7; author of History of Madagascar, in Welsh; The Persecuted Christians of Madagascar 1841 and works in the Malagasy tongue. d. Machynlleth, Montgomerys. 21 March 1863. Rees and Thomas’ Eglwysi Annybynol Cymru, iv, 359–61.
GRIFFITHS, Evan. b. Gellibeblig, Glamorganshire 1795; ed. at a college at Newport, Monmouth; pastor of churches in Gower; went to Swansea and translated Matthew Henry’s commentary into Welsh, acting also as the printer and collecting subscriptions for the work 1828, etc.; author of Welsh English dictionary, Abertawy 1847 and many works in the Welsh language 1839–56. d. Swansea 31 Aug. 1873. Rees and Thomas’ Eglwysi Annybynol Cymru, iv.
GRIFFITHS, Frederick Augustus. Ensign R.A. 13 Dec. 1813; major on retired full pay 28 Nov. 1854; author of The Artillerists’ manual and compendium of infantry exercise, Woolwich 1839, 10 ed. 1868; Notes on military law, Woolwich 1841. d. St. Mary Bourne near Andover 25 March 1869 aged 73.
GRIFFITHS, Frederick Charles. Cornet 2 dragoon guards 17 June 1824; lieut. col. 10 dragoons 11 Nov. 1851, of 9 dragoons 25 May 1855, of 12 Lancers 14 Oct. 1856 to 12 Dec. 1857; M.G. 12 Dec. 1857. d. Westbourne place, Eaton sq. London 15 March 1858 aged 53.
GRIFFITHS, Rev. John (son of Dr. John Griffiths, head master Rochester gr. sch.) b. 1807; ed. at Wadham coll. Oxf., scholar 1824–30, B.A. 1827, M.A. 1833, B.D. and D.D. 1872, fellow 1830–54, subwarden 1837–54, hon. fellow 1868, warden 4 Nov. 1871 to Sep. 1881; keeper of the university archives 1857 to death; one of the four tutors who signed the protest against Newman’s Tract xc. March 1841; sold his collection of rare engravings and etchings May 1883, Rembrandt’s portrait of Dr. Arnold Tholinx went for £1510 the largest sum ever given for a print; author of Laws of the Greek Accents 1831, 5 ed. 1853; An index to the wills in the Court of the Chancellor of Oxford 1862 and other works. d. 63 St. Giles’ street, Oxford 14 Aug. 1885.
GRIFFITHS, John. b. Bod-Gwilym 21 Dec. 1821; apprentice to a grocer at Barmouth; went to London 1846; wrote for the Welsh press under name of Wmffra Edward; contributor to the Banner Cymru 1857 and was in its sole employment from 1860, known as Gohebydd Llandain, Y Gohebydd and Pobman. d. London? 13 Dec. 1877. bur. Llangollen cemetery. Red Dragon, iv, 385–93 (1883), portrait.
GRIFFITHS, Richard Clewin. b. 8 Sep. 1791; ed. at St. Thomas’ and Guy’s hospital; M.S.A. 1812; M.R.C.S. Eng. 1813; one of the first to combine the practice of medicine and surgery, retired from practice 1850; master of the Apothecaries’ co. 1855 to death; helped to establish Zoological gardens 1827 and Botanical soc. 1839, public feeding of the animals introduced by him. d. 20 Gower st. London 5 Sep. 1881, portrait in parlour of Soc. of Apothecaries. Times 13 Sept. 1881 p. 9.
GRIFFITHS, Robert. b. Lleweny farm in Vale of Clywdd 13 Dec. 1805; pattern maker in an engine works, Birmingham, soon became foreman; engineer at Smethwick to 1845; had engineering works at Havre 1845–8 where the iron work for the Havre and Paris railways was manufactured; took out many patents 1835–78; experimented on rivet machines 1835, glass grinding 1836, making hexagon nuts 1837, machinery for making bolts and railway spikes and rivets 1845, atmospheric railways 1845–6, screw propellors 1847, and an electric hair brush to prevent hair turning white 1852; partner in Coppa colliery, Flintshire 1862. d. 107 Ledbury road, Bayswater, London 16 June 1883. Engineering 29 June 1883 p. 606.
GRIMALDI, Stacey (2 son of Wm. Grimaldi of London 1751–1830, portrait painter). b. 7 King st. St. James’s sq. London 18 Oct. 1790; attorney and solicitor 1 Copthall court, city of London; engaged in many record and peerage cases; F.S.A. 1824; marquis Grimaldi in Italy 27 May 1830; lecturer at the Incorporated Law Soc. on the public records 1834, auditor there 1853; contributed to Gent. Mag. 1813–61; author of A synopsis of the history of England 1825, 2 ed. 1871; Origines genealogicæ 1828; The genealogy of the family of Grimaldi 1834 and 5 other books. d. Hernden house, Eastry, Kent 28 March 1863.
GRIMSHAW, James. b. Bolton, Lancashire, 1846; light weight jockey, won 164 races in 1864, called the Pocket Hercules; took the Cesarewitch on Hartington 1862 and on Thalestris 1864; won the Newmarket Biennial on Kangaroo 1865, when lord Hastings gave £12,000 for the winner which ultimately was worked in a cab; gained the 1000 guineas with Hester and the St. Leger with Hawthornden 1870; rode in Germany and Austria 1871 to death. d. of cancer Pardubitz, Bohemia 12 Dec. 1888. Baily’s Mag. ix (1864), portrait; Illust. Sport. News, ii, 333 (1863), portrait, v, 60, 264 (1866), portrait; Times 20 Dec. 1888 p. 5.
GRIMSHAW, William. b. Greencastle, Londonderry 1782; went to Philadelphia, U.S. America 1815; author of An Etymological dictionary 1821, 2 ed. 1826; Gentleman’s Lexicon and Ladies’ Lexicon 1829; Life of Napoleon; History of the United States 1822 and many other books all published in Philadelphia. d. Philadelphia 1852.
GRIMSTON, Rev. Edward Harbottle (2 son of 1 earl of Verulam, d. 1845). b. 42 Grosvenor sq. London 2 April 1812; ed. at Ch. Ch. Oxf., B.A. 1831; fellow of All Souls 1834–42, M.A. 1838; M.P. St. Albans 1835–41; R. of Pebmarsh, Essex 1841 to death; R. of Great Henny, Essex 1845 to death; member of Marylebone cricket club, played at Lords to 1841, continued to play in county matches, one of the best style of players ever seen. d. Pebmarsh rectory 4 May 1881. Lillywhite’s Cricket Scores, ii, 29 (1862).
GRIMSTON, Rev. Francis Sylvester (5 son of 1 earl of Verulam, d. 1845). b. Gorhambury near St. Albans 8 Dec. 1822; ed. at Harrow and Magd. coll. Camb., M.A. 1845; R. of Colne-Wake, Essex 1847 to decease; played at Lord’s 3–4 Aug. 1838 in Eton v. Harrow, generally played in the country, a good wicket keeper. d. Colne-Wake 28 Oct. 1865. Lillywhite’s Cricket Scores, ii, 467 (1862) v, p. xv (1876).
GRIMSTON, Robert (4 son of 1 earl of Verulam, d. 1845). b. 42 Grosvenor sq. London 18 Sept. 1816; ed. at Harrow and Ch. Ch. Oxf., B.A. 1838; barrister L.I. 21 Nov. 1843; director of Electric telegraph co. 1852, and connected with telegraph companies till his death; hon. treasurer and one of first members of I Zingari 1845, played at Lords 1838–52; assisted in formation of Surrey county eleven which began playing in Kennington oval then a market garden 1846; very successful against fast bowling; is described in Whyte Melville’s novel Captain Digby Grand 2 vols. 1853. d. in his chair at Gorhambury 7 April 1884. F. Gale’s Life of R. Grimston (1885), portrait; Sporting Mirror, vii, 165 (1884), portrait.
GRINFIELD, Rev. Edward William (son of Thomas Grinfield, Moravian minister, Bristol). b. 1785; ed. at Lincoln coll. Oxf., B.A. 1806, M.A. 1808; student of L.I. 1805, of I.T. 1806; minister of Laura chapel, Bath 1820; preacher at Kensington; founded and endowed with £1000 a lectureship on the Septuagint at Oxford 1859; author of The doctrinal harmony of the New Testament 1824; Scholia Hellenistica in Novum Testamentum 2 vols. 1848; The Jesuit, historical sketch 1851 and 20 other books. d. 6 Lower Brunswick place, Brighton 9 July 1864.
GRINFIELD, Rev. Thomas (brother of the preceding). b. Bath 1788; ed. at Trin. coll. Cam., B.A. 1811; C. of St. Sidwell’s, Exeter; R. of Shirland, Derbyshire 9 May 1827 to death; C. of St. Mary-le-Port, Bristol 1847 to death; author of Epistles and miscellaneous poems 1815; The visions of Patmos 1827; The history of preaching 1880. d. Clifton 8 April 1870.
GRISI, Giulia (dau. of Gaetano Grisi an officer of engineers). b. Milan 22 May 1812; sang at Milan 1829, Florence 1830 and Paris 1832; one of the greatest soprano vocalists; appeared at Her Majesty’s theatre, London 22 April 1834 as Ninetta in La Gazza Ladra; prima donna at Her Majesty’s 1834–41 and 1843–5, at Covent Garden 1846–61; last appeared on the stage at Her Majesty’s 5 May 1866 as Lucrezia when she was hissed. d. Hotel du Nord, Berlin 29 Nov. 1869. C. Heath’s Beauties of the opera and ballet (1845) p. 33, portrait; H. S. Edwards’s The Prima Donna, i, 267–308 (1888); The Mapleson memoirs, i, 89–94 (1888).
GRISSELL, Thomas (1 son of Thomas De la Garde Grissell of Stockwell, d. 1863). b. London 4 Oct. 1801; ed. at St. Paul’s sch.; partner with Henry Peto, builder 1825–30 when Peto died; partner with Sir Samuel Morton Peto, baronet 1830–47 when Sir S. M. Peto was elected M.P. Norwich; in business alone 1847–50; purchased Norbury park near Dorking 1850; A.I.C.E. 7 March 1843; F.S.A. 16 March 1843; F.H.S.; sheriff of Surrey 1854–55. d. Norbury park, Dorking 26 May 1874.
GROCOTT, John Cooper. Attorney at Liverpool 1821 to death; sergeant at mace of the corporation; author of Practice of the borough court of Liverpool, Liverpool 1837, 2 ed. 1847; Index to familiar quotations, Liverpool 1854, 3 ed. 1866. d. 123 Park st. Liverpool 23 Feb. 1874 aged 81. Law Times, lvi, 325, 335 (1874).
GRONOW, Rees Howell (eld. son of Wm. Gronow of Swansea, d. 1830). b. 7 May 1794; ed. at Eton; ensign 1 foot guards 24 Dec. 1812, lieut. 1815–21 when he sold out; served in Spain 1812–14, present at Waterloo; contested Grimsby 1831, M.P. for Stafford 1832, unseated 1833, contested Stafford 1835; one of the chief dandies of London 1814 etc., admitted at Almack’s where he remembered introduction of quadrilles and waltzes 1813; author of Reminiscences 1862; Recollections and anecdotes 1863; Celebrities of London and Paris 1865; Last recollections 1866. d. Paris 20 Nov. 1865. Reminiscences (1862), portrait.
GROOME, Ven. Robert Hindes (2 son of Rev. John Hindes Groome, R. of Earl Soham, d. 1845 aged 68). b. Framlingham, Suffolk 18 Jany. 1810; ed. at Caius coll. Cam., B.A. 1832, M.A. 1836; C. of Tannington, Suffolk 1833; R. of Monk-Soham, Suffolk 1845 to death; hon. canon of Norwich 1858–71; archdeacon of Suffolk 1869, resigned 1887; edited Christian Advocate Review 1861–6; author of How to read, a lecture 1857. d. Monk-Soham 19 March 1889.
GROSE, Rev. Thomas (2 son of Rev. John Grose, R. of Metteswell, Essex). b. 1806; ed. at Clare hall, Cam., B.A. 1827, M.A. 1830; lecturer of St. John’s, Wapping 1833; chaplain of Stepney union 1838; C. of St. Peter’s, Cornhill 1839 to death; author of A reply to the American Anti-theistical catechism 1834; Discipline of Church of England defended against W. Tiptaft 1838. d. London 21 March 1867.
GROSSMITH, George. b. Reading 20 Aug. 1820; connected with the press, on staff of Times 35 years; first lectured on Wit and Humour at Reading 9 Dec. 1847; public reader and lecturer, travelled throughout the United Kingdom. d. of apoplexy, Savage club, Caledonian hotel, London 24 April 1880. Illust. sp. and dr. news 15 May (1880), portrait.
GROSVENOR, Thomas (3 son of Thomas Grosvenor 1734–95, M.P. for Chester). b. 30 May 1764; ed. at Westminster; ensign 3 foot guards 1 Oct. 1779, captain 1793–1802; served in the Low Countries 1793–99, at Copenhagen 1807 and at Walcheren 1809; received the thanks of parliament 1 Feb. 1808; col. of 97 foot 25 Feb. 1807, of 65 foot 8 Feb. 1814 to death; general 12 Aug. 1819, field marshal 9 Nov. 1846; M.P. for Chester 1795–1826, for Stockbridge 1826–30. d. Mount Ararat near Richmond, Surrey 20 Jany. 1851.
GROTE, Arthur (younger bro. of the succeeding). b. Beckenham, Kent 29 Nov. 1814; of Bengal C.S. 1832; in revenue department 1853, retired 1868; president of Asiatic soc. of Bengal 1859–62, 1865; F.L.S., F.Z.S. d. 42 Ovington sq. London 4 Dec. 1886.
GROTE, George (1 son of George Grote 1762–1830, of city of London, banker). b. Clay hill near Beckenham 17 Nov. 1794; ed. at Sevenoaks and the Charterhouse; clerk in bank of Prescott, Grote & Co. 1810, partner in it 1816–43; one of founders of London university, opened 2 Oct. 1828, member of council 1828 to death; M.P. for city of London 1832–41; introduced motion in favor of the ballot 25 April 1833; F.G.S. 1843; D.C.L. Ox. 1853; V.C. of the university of London 1862; contested lord rectorship of univ. of Aberdeen 1866; author of History of Greece 12 vols. 1846–56, 4 ed. 10 vols. 1872; Plato and other companions of Socrates 3 vols. 1865, 2 ed. 1867 and other books. d. 12 Savile row, London 18 June 1871. bur. Westminster abbey 24 June. Personal history of G. Grote, by Mrs. Grote (1873), portrait; J. H. Friswell’s Modern men of letters (1870) 183–94; Illustrated Review, vol. ii (1871) 33–37, portrait; Rev. P. Anton’s Masters in history (1880) 63–119.
GROTE, Harriet (dau. of Thomas Lewin of H.E.I.C.S., d. June 1843). b. the Ridgeway near Southampton 1 July 1792. (m. 5 March 1820 George Grote 1794–1871); educated herself to assist her husband in his literary work and managed his landed property for him; held receptions for foreigners and English politicians; a friend of Mendelssohn and Jenny Lind; known as the Queen of the Radicals; author of Memoir of life of Ary Scheffer 1860, 2 editions; Collected Papers 1862; The personal life of George Grote 1873. d. The Ridgeway, Shere near Guildford 29 Dec. 1878. Mrs. Grote, by Lady Eastlake (1880); Englishwoman’s Domestic Mag. xvi, 120, 176 (1874).
GROTE, Rev. John (brother of George Grote 1794–1871). b. Beckenham 5 May 1813; ed. at Trin. coll. Cam., B.A. 1835, M.A. 1838, fellow 1837 to death; V. of Trumpington near Cambridge 1847 to death; prof. of moral philos. in Univ. of Cam., May 1855 to death; author of Exploratio philosophica 1865, pt. i only; An examination of the utilitarian philosophy of J. S. Mill 1870. d. Trumpington vicarage 21 Aug. 1866.
GROUCOCK, Richard. b. Waters Upton, Salop; founded firm of Groucock and Copestake, warehousemen 5 Bow church yard, London 1826, they were joined by George Moore 1830. d. Waters Upton 26 July 1853 aged 51. D. Puseley’s Commercial companion (1858) p. 46.
GROVE, William (eld. son of Edward Grove of Stratton hall, Staffs.) b. 1796; ed. at Oriel coll. Ox., B.A. 1819, M.A. 1821; barrister L.I. 1 June 1821; police magistrate at Worship st. London 1834–40, at Greenwich and Woolich 1840–46. d. Union workhouse, Maidenhead 29 Jany. 1875.
GROVER, Rev. Henry Montague (eld. son of Harry Grover of Hemel Hempstead, Herts.) b. Watford, Herts. 1791; ed. at Peterhouse coll. Cam., LL.B. 1830; solicitor in Bedford row, London 1816–24; R. of Hitcham, Bucks. 16 Feb. 1833 to death; author of Anne Boleyn, a tragedy 1826; The history of the resurrection 1841. d. Hitcham rectory 20 Aug. 1866.
GROVES, Anthony Norris. b. Newton, Hampshire 1795; ed. at Trin. coll. Dublin; dentist at Plymouth 1813–6, at Exeter 1816–29; one of the founders of the Plymouth Brethren 1828; teacher of christianity at Bagdad 1829–33; travelling missionary in India 1833–4, 1836–48, 1849–52; author of Journal of a journey from London to Bagdad 1831; Journal of a residence at Bagdad 1837. d. 21 Paul st. Bristol 20 May 1853. Memoir of A. N. Groves, 3 ed. (1869).
GRUBB, Edward (2 son of Edward Grubb of Great Queen st. London). Barrister G.I. 11 Feb. 1828; clerk of records and writs in chancery 186-to death; a total abstainer 1833; author of Essays, analytical and philosophical, on the human mind, By E. G. 1845; Old and New Temperance advocacy, a speech 1858. d. 22 Gordon st. Gordon sq. London 8 June 1878 aged 77.
GRUBB, Thomas. b. Kilkenny, Ireland 1800; a practical optician and manufacturer of reflectors in Dublin, made the Melbourne reflector 1867 the largest except the Parsonstown speculum then known; much consulted by Lord Rosse and other astronomers; retired from business 1868; F.R.S. 2 June 1864; F.R.A.S. 1870; writer of many papers on microscopes and telescopes; M.R.I.A. 14 Jany. 1839. d. 141 Leinster road, Rathmines, Dublin 19 Sep. 1878.
GRUNDY, James. b. New Radford, Nottingham 5 March 1824; professional bowler to earl of Leicester at Holkham 1847–51; bowler to the Marylebone club 1851–71; also a good batsman; landlord of Midland hotel, Carrington st. Nottingham 1869. d. Midland hotel, Nottingham 24 Nov. 1873. Illust. sporting news, i, 117 (1862), portrait, iii, 361 (1864), portrait, v, 457 (1866), portrait; Bell’s Life in London 29 Dec. 1873 p. 4.
GRUNDY, John Clowes (eld. son of John Grundy, cotton spinner). b. Bolton, Lancs. 3 Aug. 1806; print seller Manchester; one of the best judges of engravings in England; patron of David Cox, S. Prout and others; in conjunction with Sir F. Moon published David Roberts’ Sketches in the Holy Land, Egypt, &c. 1842–8. d. while on a visit to London 19 May 1867.
GRUNEISEN, Charles Lewis (son of Charles Gruneisen of Stuttgart). b. Bloomsbury, London 2 Nov. 1806; special correspondent of Morning Post to Carlist army in Spain 1837–8, correspondent in Paris 1839–44 when he organised a pigeon express; organiser of the Italian opera at Covent Garden 1846, supported it till 1869; entrusted by Meyerbeer with the score of Le Prophète which was produced at Covent Garden 1849; musical critic for Athenæum 1868 to death; a founder and director of Conservative land soc. 1852, sec. 1853–72; author of The opera and the press 1869; Sketches of Spain 1874. d. 16 Surrey st. Strand, London 1 Nov. 1879.
GRYLLS, Rev. Henry (3 son of Rev. Richard Gerveys Grylls 1758–1841, V. of St. Neot, Cornwall). b. Helston, Cornwall 1 Feb. 1794; ed. at Ex. coll. Ox., B.A. 1816, M.A. 1821; V. of St. Neot 21 Dec. 1820 to death; author of A selection of masonic prayers 1844; A descriptive sketch of the windows of St. Neot church 1830, 4 ed. 1854; A manual of private and domestic prayer 1861. d. Helston 11 June 1862.
GRYLLS, Mary (1 dau. of Rev. Charles Grylls 1812–76, V. of Lanhydrock, Cornwall). b. Helston, Cornwall 15 Feb. 1836; author of Death in the palace 1861; Helen and her cousins 1863 and 4 other books all being anonymous. d. Lanhydrock 13 Nov. 1863.
GUBBINS, Martin Richard. b. 1812; of H.E.I.C.S. 1830; member of British commission in Oudh 1856–7; manager of intelligence department during the mutiny 1857–8; judge of supreme court of Agra 1858–63; author of Reports upon the settlement of Zillah Etawah, Agra 1844; Accounts of the mutinies in Oudh 1858, 3 ed. 1858; hanged himself at Somerset house, Clarendon place, Leamington 6 May 1863. Royal Leamington Spa Courier 9 May 1863 p. 10.
GUDGE, James. Clerk of journals of house of commons 1835 to death. d. Westminster hospital, London 7 May 1857 aged 62, having tried to drown himself in the Thames 6 May.
GUERINT, Sebastian Francis (son of Mr. Guerint a Swiss who was the first engine turner of watch cases in England). b. 1791; appeared at Sadler’s Wells theatre 23 April 1817 as Harlequin in The yellow dwarf to Grimaldi’s clown; ballet master at the Olympic 1848; proprietor of exhibition of hydraulics and moving figures on site of old Savile house, Leicester sq.; acting manager at Royalty theatre 1869. d. 87 Charlotte st. Fitzroy sq. London 9 March 1870.
GUERNSEY, Wellington. b. Mullingar, co. Westmeath 8 June 1817; studied music under Mercadante at Lisbon; an officer of engineers in war between Paraguay and Brazil and the U.S. of America 1865; war correspondent and journalist 40 years; writer of the words of upwards of 100 songs including Mary Blane and Alice, where art thou?; composer of song I’ll hang my harp on a willow tree 1845, a mass in B flat 1865 and 80 other pieces of music. d. London 13 Nov. 1885.
GUEST, Edwin (son of E. Guest). b. 1802; ed. at Caius coll. Cam., fellow 1824; 11 wrangler 1824, B.A. 1824, M.A. 1827, LLD. 1853; barrister L.I. 19 June 1828; master of Caius coll. 1852, resigned 14 Oct. 1880; V.C. of Univ. of Cam. 1854–5; F.R.S. 20 June 1839; founder of Philological soc., and sec. 1842, wrote many papers in Transactions; author of A history of English rhythms 2 vols. 1838, new ed. 1882; Guest’s Compendious Shorthand 1883; Origines Celticæ 1883. d. Sandford park near Oxford 23 Nov. 1880 in 78 year. Spectator 4 Dec. 1880 p. 1551.
GUEST, John (son of James Guest, tailor). b. Bridge-gate, Rotherham 5 May 1799; clerk at the Phœnix iron works; head of firm of Guest and Chrimes, brass founders 1847; a temperance advocate 1836; alderman of Rotherham 1871 and a benefactor to the town; F.S.A. 5 May 1874; author of Relics and records of Rotherham 1866; Historic notices of Rotherham 1879. d. Moorgate Grange, Rotherham 18 July 1880. Hulbert’s Annals of Almondbury (1882) 438; Sketches of the life of J. Guest, by T. Beggs (1881), portrait.
GUEST, Sir Josiah John, 1 Baronet (elder son of Thomas Guest of Dowlais near Merthyr Tydvil, manager of iron works, d. 1807). b. Dowlais 2 Feb. 1785; general manager of Dowlais iron works 1815, owner of the works 1849 to death; M.P. for Honiton 1826–31; contested Honiton 1831; M.P. for Merthyr 11 Dec. 1832 to death; contested Glamorgan 1837; chairman of Taff Vale railway; F.R.S. 10 June 1830; F.G.S.; A.I.C.E. 1834; cr. Baronet 14 Aug. 1838. d. Dowlais 26 Nov. 1852. Min. of proc. of Instit. of C.E. xii, 163–5 (1853).
GUICCIOLI, Countess Teresa (dau. of Count Gamba of Ravenna). b. 1801. (m. 1818 Count Guiccioli of Ravenna); first met Lord Byron April 1819 at Venice; separated from her husband and lived under protection of Byron Jany. 1820 to July 1823; (m. 1851 Hilaire marquis de Boissy, he was b. 1798, d. 26 Sep. 1866); visited England; author of Lord Byron jugé par les témoins de sa vie 1869. d. Setimello near Florence, March 1873. Mary R. Darby Smith’s Recollections of la marquise de Boissy (1878), with 3 portraits.
GUILFORD, Rev. Francis North, 6 Earl of. b. 17 Dec. 1772; master of St. Cross hospital, Winchester 9 Jany. 1808 to 1855, the Rolls court obliged him to give up part of the income in 1855; succeeded 14 Oct. 1827; R. of Old Alresford, New Alresford and Medstead 1797–1850; author of Tract on the Epiphany 1835. d. Waldershare park near Dover 29 Jany. 1861. C. Beavan’s Chancery Reports, xvi, 435–69 (1854), xviii, 475–7, 601–8 (1855).
GUILFORD, Dudley Francis North, 7 Earl of. b. Weavering, Kent 14 July 1851; succeeded his grandfather 1861; cornet R. horse guards 1868, lieut. 1870, retired 1871; master of East Kent hounds 1872. d. Sydling court near Dorchester 19 Dec. 1885 from injuries received while hunting day before. Baily’s Mag. xxiii, 125 (1873), portrait.
GUILLE, Very Rev. William (son of Wm. Guille of Guernsey). Matric. from Oriel coll. Ox. 15 Nov. 1810 aged 18, B.A. 1814, M.A. 1817; R. of St. Andrew’s, Guernsey 1837–58; R. of St. Peter’s Port, Guernsey 1858 to death; dean of Guernsey 1858 to death. d. Guernsey 14 June 1869.
GUILLEMARD, Rev. William Henry (son of Daniel Guillemard, silk merchant, Spitalfields). b. Hackney 23 Nov. 1815; ed. at Pemb. coll. Cam., B.A. 1838, M.A. 1841, B.D. 1849, D.D. 1870; fellow of his coll. 1839; head master of Royal coll. Armagh 1848–69; V. of St. Mary the Less, Camb. 1869, resigned 1887; author of The Greek Testament, Hebraistic edition 1875; Hebraisms in the Greek Testament, Camb. 1879 an unfinished work. d. Waterbeach near Cambridge 2 Sep. 1887.
GUINNESS, Sir Benjamin Lee, 1 Baronet (3 son of Arthur Guinness b. 12 March 1768, head of firm of Guinness & Co. brewers, Dublin, d. Beaumont house near Dublin 9 June 1855). b. Dublin 1 Nov. 1798; lord mayor of Dublin 1851; sole proprietor of firm of Arthur Guinness & Co. 1857, developed the business which became largest in the world, it was made a limited liability co. 1886 with capital of £6,000,000; restored St. Patrick’s cath. Dublin at cost of £150,000, 1860–67; LLD. of univ. of Dublin 1863; M.P. for city of Dublin 17 July 1865 to death; cr. baronet 15 April 1867. d. 27 Norfolk st. Park lane, London 19 May 1868. bur. Mount Jerome cemetery, Dublin 27 May, personalty sworn under £1,100,000, 8 Aug. 1868; bronze statue erected in St. Patrick’s ch. yard Sep. 1875. I.L.N. xlvi, 207, 209 (1865), portrait, lii, 547 (1868); Graphic xii, 278, 293 (1875).
GUINNESS, Richard Samuel. b. Dublin 17 June 1797; head of firm of Guinness & Co. Dublin 1855 to death; M.P. for Kinsale 1847–48, for Barnstaple 1855–57. d. Deepwell, Blackrock, co. Dublin 28 Aug. 1857.
GUION, Stephen Barker. b. U.S. of America 1820; went to Liverpool 1851; naturalised 18 Oct. 1858; started the Guion line of Atlantic steamers 1866; pres. of Liverpool Liberal association many years; represented Exchange Ward in the Liverpool city council 1869 to Nov. 1885. d. Devonshire road, Prince’s park, Liverpool 19 Dec. 1885.